da cassino online： Gloucestershire captain Michael Klinger registered his fourth CountyChampionship century of the summer to set up a potentially thrilling finish on the final day of the Second Division match against Kent at Cheltenham.
12-Jul-2013
ScorecardBen Harmison made a century before a result was set up•Getty Images
Gloucestershire captain Michael Klinger registered his fourth CountyChampionship century of the summer to set up a potentially thrilling finish onthe final day of the Second Division match against Kent at Cheltenham.Klinger posted an unbeaten 102 as Gloucestershire made 237 for 1 declared intheir second innings. He has now scored more than 1,000runs in all cricket this season.Bottom-of-the-table Kent will bat tomorrow having been set a target of 411 towin in a minimum 96 overs. Klinger and Kent skipper James Tredwell struck a deal during the lunchinterval, contriving imaginative declarations in order to arrive at a meaningfulfinale.Although only nine wickets had fallen in seven previous sessions, unsuspectingFestival-goers still looked mystified when Kent declared their first innings on389 for 5 in the 101st over, forfeiting a fifth batting bonus point in favourof giving themselves an opportunity to win a four-day game for the first time innine attempts this season.Having agreed not to enforce the follow-on, Gloucestershire commenced theirsecond innings 173 runs ahead with the intention of setting Kent a target tochase on the final day.Left-hander Chris Dent picked up where he had left off in the first innings,playing shots all around the wicket and threatening a second successive century,albeit it against declaration bowling. Even in the circumstances, Dent was doubtless bitterly disappointed tooffer a return catch to occasional spinner Sam Northeast after rushing to 82from 75 balls and helping himself to 13 fours.Having served as junior partner in an opening stand of 151, Klinger acceleratedduring the final hour to raise three figures from 118 balls with nine fours anda six.Ben Harmison earlier became the fourth batsman to post a hundred on a flatCollege Ground pitch, realising the landmark from 141 balls in anear-faultless innings that included 12 fours and a six. He shared in stands of 103 and 74 with Darren Stevens and Geraint Jones for thefifth and sixth wickets respectively and helped guide the visitors clear ofdanger after they had slipped to 212 for four in the morning session.Brendan Nash was bowled off his pads by slow left armer Tom Smith in the act ofsweeping for 9, while Northeast was brilliantly caught down the leg side bywicketkeeper Gareth Roderick off the bowling of Craig Miles just six runs shortof a century.But veteran county campaigner Stevens slammed the door shut onGloucestershire’s hopes of enforcing the follow-on, crashing 75 runs off 71balls in a forthright innings that yielded nine fours and two sixes.